A professional who evaluates physical condition and advises and treats professional and amateur athletes to maintain maximum physical fitness for participation in athletic competition. Responsibilities include:

• Prescribes routine and corrective exercises to strengthen muscles.
• Recommends special diets to build up health and reduce overweight athletes.
• Massages parts of players' bodies to relieve soreness, strains, and bruises.
• Renders first aid to injured players, such as giving artificial respiration, cleaning and bandaging wounds, and applying heat and cold to promote healing.
• Calls physician for injured persons as required.
• Wraps ankles, fingers, or wrists of athletes in synthetic skin, protecting gauze, and adhesive tape to support muscles and ligaments.
• Treats chronic minor injuries and related disabilities to maintain athletes' performance.
• May give heat and diathermy treatments as prescribed by health service.
• Workers are identified according to type of sport.